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Anyone here read Chinese?

SeaMaiden — Sun, 13 Oct 2019 16:01:34 GMT

I have I have an old water color painting on my wall. It has these characters on it. Just wondering what they say....a year? The painters name? Perhaps a name for the drawing/ painting? Can anyone help me out?

Re: Anyone here read Chinese?

dex — Sun, 13 Oct 2019 16:05:16 GMT

Can’t read it but the symbols are beautiful

Re: Anyone here read Chinese?

SeaMaiden — Sun, 13 Oct 2019 16:13:43 GMT

@dex wrote:
Can’t read it but the symbols are beautiful

I agree! What a lovely art!

Re: Anyone here read Chinese?

ILTH — Sun, 13 Oct 2019 16:16:01 GMT

Have you tried something like translate.yandex dot com?

It has a visual translator.

Re: Anyone here read Chinese?

SeaMaiden — Sun, 13 Oct 2019 16:25:44 GMT

@ILTH wrote:
Have you tried something like translate.yandex dot com?
It has a visual translator.

@ILTH do you just down load the picture of the characters? Hmmmm went there... you can not just download a picture so is not going to work I guess...

Re: Anyone here read Chinese?

ILTH — Sun, 13 Oct 2019 16:28:45 GMT

@SeaMaiden wrote:
@ILTH wrote:
Have you tried something like translate.yandex dot com?
It has a visual translator.
@ILTH do you just down load the picture of the characters?

@SeaMaiden

I just, quickly, found the site by googling "Chinese to English translator." I use online translators a lot.

It looks as if you upload you picture.

ETA

I just saw that you tried it. Sorry. See if there's another one.

Re: Anyone here read Chinese?

Mz iMac — Sun, 13 Oct 2019 16:39:41 GMT

@SeaMaiden wrote:
Hmmmm went there... you can not just download a picture so is not going to work I guess...

Yes you can......

Another option: If there is no "Chinatown" where you live, go to your local museum. Translators are employed there.

Re: Anyone here read Chinese?

Misplaced Parisian — Sun, 13 Oct 2019 16:41:35 GMT

@SeaMaiden Can you upload the photo to Google images? Sometimes it will show the painting with the words spelled in English. Here's what I did....a friend had a painting with Arabic writing. We uploaded the photo into Google Images, identical images popped up. We clicked on those images and there was an English translation. Now, this is a very long shot, but thought I'd share.

Re: Anyone here read Chinese?

SeaMaiden — Sun, 13 Oct 2019 16:54:10 GMT

@Misplaced Parisian wrote:
@SeaMaiden Can you upload the photo to Google images? Sometimes it will show the painting with the words spelled in English. Here's what I did....a friend had a painting with Arabic writing. We uploaded the photo into Google Images, identical images popped up. We clicked on those images and there was an English translation. Now, this is a very long shot, but thought I'd share.

I will look into that! Thanks!

Re: Anyone here read Chinese?

Cakers3 — Sun, 13 Oct 2019 17:31:25 GMT

This could be Japanese.

If you have the translator app on your phone you can google how to use it for both android and iphones.

Somebody mentioned the art museum which is worth a try.

There is a translator website but it would cost $4.99

Re: Anyone here read Chinese?

KingstonsMom — Sun, 13 Oct 2019 17:36:49 GMT

@Mz iMac wrote:
@SeaMaiden wrote:
Hmmmm went there... you can not just download a picture so is not going to work I guess...
Yes you can......

Another option: If there is no "Chinatown" where you live, go to your local museum. Translators are employed there.

@Mz iMac

I've been meaning to tell you that your new avatar is mesmerizing!

I swear you're looking right at me, LOL!

Re: Anyone here read Chinese?

Zaimee — Sun, 13 Oct 2019 17:50:46 GMT

Go to a Chinese restaurant. Maybe someone can translate for you.

Re: Anyone here read Chinese?

SeaMaiden — Sun, 13 Oct 2019 21:07:59 GMT

Thanks everyone.guess I am not sure if it is Japanese or Chinese. I just know I love it. Just very curious to know if the characters say something interesting. We have a great China Town area here in Seattle....I will have to do more detective work!

Re: Anyone here read Chinese?

dex — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 13:25:09 GMT

@SeaMaiden wrote:
Thanks everyone.guess I am not sure if it is Japanese or Chinese. I just know I love it. Just very curious to know if the characters say something interesting. We have a great China Town area here in Seattle....I will have to do more detective work!

I am curious about what is written too.I hope you will let us know what you find.